Aruna Sundarajan has taken over as the new Bharat Broadband Network (BBNL) chief.
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Category: Roads & Highways
RoB projects to get speedy clearance soon
The Union government is getting ministries and departments to work together to get things moving even though big-bang infrastructure initiatives have remained elusive. The often feuding railways and highways ministries, for instance, have decided to
NE Rly to eliminate unmanned crossings
The North-East Frontier Railway has planned to eliminate all Unmanned Level Crossings by 2016 -17 by either manning these or by construction of low height sub-ways or road under bridges.
Mum-Goa concrete highway
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways said that his ministry has decided to construct a concrete four-lane road on the Mumbai-Goa national highway.
HCC wins Indo-Nepal border road contract
HCC has been awarded a Rs 393.08-crore project by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highway.
IL&FS bags NHAI road contract
IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company has bagged Rs 1,232 crore road project contract from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
Elevated ring road on fast track
The Noida Authority has invited a request for proposal from consultants to prepare a detailed project report for the Delhi-Noida elevated ring road project.
Versatile Road Sweeper
It is highly essential to keep the roads and roadsides spic and span. Cleaner roads are safer roads. Maintaining a clean road involves the removal of litter and removal of leaves from the roads.
¨Raising large-scale infra funds is a difficult task¨
While the government and the RBI have eased norms and pushed for financing opportunities, actual benefits will take time to trickle down, says Vishwas Udgirkar, Senior Director, Deloitte India.
PPP: The prescription for infrastructure
Most infrastructure projects are generally characterised by time and cost overruns. Political factors impact time overruns more than cost overruns. The new government at the Centre has identified its top priorities and as expected infrastructure is high on the agenda.




